Each participating school will nominate lists of titles to be considered for the award in each of the reading categories:

Braunvieh (Approx. 4-6 years)-picture books-Lower Primary School

Évolène (Approx. 7-10 years)-chapter books-Upper Primary School

Herens (Approx. 11-14 years)- Middle School

Simmental (Approx. 15-18 years)- High School

First Week of September 2017

Participating Librarians will then vote for the shortlist the nominations to 8 titles for the Braunvieh category, 6 titles for the Evolene and Herens category, and 4 titles for the Simmental category.

Second Week of September 2017

The final lists will then be open to comment and discussion if there are concerns.

September 2017-May 2018

Librarians organize reading promotion activities appropriate for their school and readers. Titles may be used within other promotional activities such as: Battle of the Books. Each school will organize student and teacher voting sessions to be done the last week of the month in May. Each school may choose to when to vote, but all final votes must be submitted via a Live Google Form by the last week in May.

June 2018 Winners of the Golden Cowbell Book Award are announced. Winners are contacted as soon as possible.

June-August 2018Librarians submit titles to be considered for the 2018-2019 school year on the Golden Cowbell Book Award Wiki.